Blue Bonnet shook hands with Mr. Winthrop, thanked him for coming, and went back up-stairs as slowly as she had come down ten minutes before.
In order to lose no time, or miss hearing all the details of the interview with Miss North, Annabel and Sue were waiting in Blue Bonnet's room.
As Blue Bonnet opened the door they made a rush for her.
"For goodness' sake, tell us what this is all about!" Sue said, dragging her over to the couch. "We're just dying to know!"
Blue Bonnet sat down with a sigh.
"There isn't much to tell," she said wearily. "I've been perfectly horrid about Carita being ill, that's all—she's sick, you know. They wouldn't let me see her this morning—that is, they kept me out of the Infirmary, so I sent for Cousin Tracy."
"You sent for your cousin!" Annabel exclaimed.
"Yes."
"How did you send for him?"
"Telephoned."